OWL Unit 4 Week 4
March 16-20
A special visit from the Science Center on Wednesday.
This week we will continue our “The World of Color” unit. Children will learn about color: color names, color mixing, staining, fading, camouflage and color patterns. Stories for this unit include, a story about a dog that stains his white coat, a lion who paints pictures, a boy who gets special letters from his grandmother, and a rabbit who wants to buy a special shirt. Children will increase their vocabulary about color and explore colors and patterns directly. We will continue to learn about letters and sounds, including rhyming words. Here are the theme concepts for this unit:
- Color is one thing that makes our world beautiful. Talk about different colors you can see in your child’s environment
- Paints and dyes are used to color other things and are mixed up to make new colors.
- Different substances can cause stains of different colors
- Sun and washing often bleach colors, making them fade
- Color is an identifying feature of many natural things.
Book Backpacks are due on TUESDAY March 17th!
Books for the week:
The Lion and the Little Red Bird by Elisa Kleven
Dear Juno by Soyung Pak
Dog's Colorful Day - Emma Dodd
Small Groups:
- Painting Pictures with berries just like the Lion and the Little Red Bird
- Sequencing Dog's Colorful Day
Choice Time
*Special Activity* - The Lucky Ducks will mix two primary colors to make a new color in playdough that they will then take home.
Art Table: Coloring paper towels
Easel: Shamrocks
Library Area: Books about color
Math: Spill the Bears - Counting bears with 1 to 1 correspondence
Sensory Table: sorting objects by color
Rug- Tinker Toys
Dramatic Play: Kitchen
Songs, Word Play and Letters
Color Train
Rainbow of Colors
